MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: NO INSTRUCTION YET TO BRING BACK STATE-SPONSORED STUDENTS - SARAWAK PREMIER
KUCHING, April 16 (Bernama) -- The Sarawak government has not received any instructions from the Home Ministry on the need to bring back the state-sponsored students following the current crisis in the Middle East.
Without stating the number of students involved, Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said most of the Sarawak Foundation-sponsored students are pursuing medical and religious studies in Jordan and Egypt.
"Let's wait for the advice from the Foreign Ministry. We are always in touch, we have a Foreign Ministry Office in Sarawak," he told reporters here today.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Higher Education (KPT) in a statement yesterday said there are 1,872 Malaysian students currently studying in Jordan, 37 in Syria and eight in Iran.
According to the ministry, discussions will be held with relevant parties on action to be taken following the conflict in the Middle East which escalated after Iran launched airstrikes on Israel last Saturday.
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